Art and Limitations
I find that the structure of a medium -- its requirements and its very limitations -- provides a certain framework in which creation can...
Art and Stickiness
Stickiness has magical implications for printmaking. Fluids with different degrees of stickiness, technically known as viscosity, will...
Art and The Dry Well
My creativity ebbs and flows, so over the years I’ve developed strategies for dealing with ebb times. I maintain a creativity file...
Art and Curly Hair
When I began printmaking, the images that instinctively came from my hands had a certain look: full of detail, and leaning always toward...
Art and Admiration
My niece recently called urgently to my sister-in-law Fiona: “I need some help here! I need some help here!” Fiona rushed over and...
Art and Gifting
For a long stretch of my life – from college past grad school – I did very little creative play. The primary exception was gifts: while...